Cultured circulating tumor cells and their derived xenografts for personalized oncology

Recent cancer research has demonstrated the existence of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in cancer patient's blood. Once identified, CTC biomarkers will be invaluable tools for clinical diagnosis, prognosis and treatment. In this review, we propose ex vivo culture as a rational strategy for larg...

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Main Authors: Ruoxiang Wang, Gina C.Y. Chu, Stefan Mrdenovic, Alagappan A. Annamalai, Andrew E. Hendifar, Nicholas N. Nissen, James S. Tomlinson, Michael Lewis, Nallasivam Palanisamy, Hsian-Rong Tseng, Edwin M. Posadas, Michael R. Freeman, Stephen J. Pandol, Haiyen E. Zhau, Leland W.K. Chung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-10-01
Series:Asian Journal of Urology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214388216300492